Axle straightener



Juny 24, 1923. 1,463,082

J. E. HANES Y l AXLE STRAIGHTENER Filed 001351 20. 1921 /75 f3 d V A Y f i D www /"l/ l Il' im 'nu Umm OQ' /Z /9 v u v f l v- JW/'maas 1 u INVENTOR.

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Patented duly 2d, i923..

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JARNETT E. pHANIES, DIF ALMA, ILLINOIS.

E STRAIGHTENER.

.application mea @caber 2o, rsa1. serial No. 509,102.

.of llllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Axle Straighteners, of Which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to devices for` straightening accidentally bent bodies, such ,as the axles of vehicles, more particularly metal axles ot buggies, carriages, and the likes and has ,for one of its objects to simplify and improve the construction, and increase the efficiency and utility of devices of this character.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be readily adjusted to axles of different lengths and to bends or crooks at various portions of the axle and without requiring the removal of the axle from the body or the removal of the Wheels from the axle.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in certain novel .features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claim, and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved implement applied to a conventional axle.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a. transverse section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. j

Figs. 4 and 5 are detached perspective views of two forms of 'the' axle-engaging. blocks.

The improved device comprises a relatively heavy rigid beam 10 of any suitabl material or of any suitable size.

An axle clamping stra 11 bent into elongated U-shape is pivote at 12 to the beam at one end and engages around the axle, represented at 13, at a point remote from the bend which is to be eliminated.

The sides of the clamping strappare provided with a plurality of spaced apertures for the pivot 12, so that the beam 10 may be` adjusted nearer to or farther from the axle.

At its opposite end the beam is apertured to receive a pull rod 14, the latter having a terminal hook 15 to engage the axle and threaded for the major portion of its length is claimed as new is as shown. A nut 16 engages the threaded portion of the ull rod, being preferably of the lever ynut orm to enable 'thenut to be readily rotated..l

By this means, the nut may be forcibly `rotated by the operation of the lever arm 17 extending from the nut.

` Disposed between the beam and axle is a bearing block 18 of any required form, for instance of rectangular outline as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, pointed as shown in Fig. 4, or other form, as desired. v

.Each block 18 is provided with 'a holdin strap 19, 'so that the blocks may be move along the beam, but without being detached therefrom, to adapt the device to the location.

ot the bend.

By this simple -means lwhen a bend or crook develops in an axle, the beam is cou pled to the axle, as shown in Fig. 1, and the block 18 adjusted to a point against the elbow of the bend and the strapY 11 and.

lpull rod 14 adjusted to engage the axle at each side of the bend. rlhen when the nut 16 is rotated by force applied to theJ arm 17, a strong leverage force` will be applied to the axle and the bend or crook eliminated.

It'will be obvious that the leverage force can be materially increased by moving the block 18 to a point relatively near the coupling strap device 11. Byfthis means the force can be adapted to the condition or location of the bend: v

The pointed block shown in Fig. l willy preferably be employed Where the bend is short, while the larger block shown in Figs. l and 5, will be employed where the bend is relativelylong. c

The preferred embodiment of the inventiony is disclosed in the drawings and set forth in the specification, but it will be understood that modifications within the scope of the, invention or sacrificing any of its advantages. v

The improved device may be adapted without material structural change to thev axles of various kinds such asjbuggies, carriages, trucks, automobiles or the like.

Having thus described the invention, what Af device of the class described comprisl ing a beam member having a transverse aperture at one end and a vertical aperture in thefother end, a block sldably bearing on said beam adapted to engage an axle, a U- shaped strapengaging around said beam and connected to said block and slidably coupling the block tothe beam, another U- shaped strap having a plurality of transverse a rtures through its side portions and adapte to engage around the ax1e,`a transverse pin engagn through one pair of the apertures of lthe ga st mentioned strap andv 10 likewise through the transverse aperture of raeaofea the beam member, a threaded rod extending through the vertical Iaperture ot the beam and having means for detachably engaging the rod at one end with the axle, and a nut .device engaging'the threads of the rod and f5 bearing against the beam.

, 1in testimony whereof, I aix my signature hereto.

aaa-Narr n. Hanns.- 

